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Rampant Bremen puts 6 past Freiburg

Sports | Soccer
2009-11-23

WERDER Bremen demolished promoted SC Freiburg 6-0 with five goals in 27 minutes and a sparkling display of attacking football on Saturday to go top of the Bundesliga. Striker Hugo Almeida struck twice with Marko...

Italian Mortara wins Macau GP

Sports | Motor racing
2009-11-23

EDOARDO Mortara followed in the footsteps of motor racing greats Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna by winning the Macau Formula Three Grand Prix yesterday. The 22-year-old Italian, who finished second from pole...

F1 deadline

Sports | Motor racing
2009-11-23

FORMULA One boss Bernie Ecclestone has announced a December 9 deadline to decide whether there will be a British Grand Prix next year. After Donington Park's failure to find the money to stage the race, it had looked...

For a brother

Sports
2009-11-23

ALDO de Nigris marked the passing of his brother Antonio by scoring the winner in the Mexican league playoff between Monterrey and America on Saturday. Mexican international Antonio De Nigris, aged 31, died of a heart...

Deep sea monsters offer hope to science

World
2009-11-23

THE permanent darkness of the ocean depths is home to a far greater range of animals, from luminous jellyfish to tubeworms that live off oil seeping from the seabed, than previously thought, scientists said yesterday....

Facebook fun cuts sick benefit

World
2009-11-23

A CANADIAN woman on long-term sick leave for depression said she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun. Nathalie Blanchard has been...

Vampires eat box office in 'New Moon' record

World
2009-11-23

"THE Twilight Saga: New Moon" smashed the record for a single-day opening at the North American box office at the weekend, and was on track to score one of the biggest weekend tallies of all time. The vampire romance...

Bombs kill 7 in India's troubled northeast

World
2009-11-23

SUSPECTED militants set off two bombs outside a police station in India's restive northeast yesterday, killing seven people and wounding more than 50, police said. Five people died instantly after two blasts went...

Rescuers save 240 from ferry

World
2009-11-23

RESCUERS saved more than 240 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank yesterday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but at least 29 people have died and 17 are missing, officials said. Search operations...

Sex probe on, but cops say no basis

National
2009-11-23

AUTHORITIES of Fuxin City in Liaoning Province have decided to investigate an official even though police believe claims of sex and drug abuse against him are false. Yu Yang, deputy director of the Communist Party...